AWS announces Amazon HealthLake
Posted on 10-Dec-2020 15:10 News, SaaS
Amazon HealthLake enables healthcare organizations to store, transform, and analyze all of their data in the cloud.
AMD launches Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics cards
Posted on 10-Dec-2020 14:45 News, Computing
Radeon RX 6900 XT is the fastest AMD gaming graphics card ever developed, designed and optimized for enthusiast gamers to deliver powerhouse 4K gaming performance and incredible overclocking capabilities for the most demanding users.
AWS announces plans to open second region in Australia
Posted on 8-Dec-2020 13:04 News, SaaS
New AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region will be available in the second half of 2022, supporting hundreds of thousands of AWS customers with lower latency, and even greater fault tolerance and resiliency for critical cloud workloads.
Bank of New Zealand launches kiwi brand voice with Amazon Connect
Posted on 2-Dec-2020 13:30 News, SaaS
One of New Zealand's largest banks chooses AWS to transform the contact centre, creating New Zealand's first natural text-to-speech voice to provide customer service in Kiwi-accented English and some te reo Maori.
How much disinformation are we sharing online in New Zealand?
Posted on 23-Nov-2020 17:05 News, Security
NortonLifeLock research sheds light on the pervasiveness of disinformation as 13 percent of Kiwi respondents say they have shared information later shown to be incorrect or intentionally misleading.
Avast launches private browser for iOS
Posted on 23-Nov-2020 16:58 News, Security
Avast has launched an iOS version of Avast Secure Browser (ASB) to add to its multi-platform portfolio which also includes support for Windows, Mac and Android.
Catalyst Cloud launches managed database service
Posted on 23-Nov-2020 11:11 News, SaaS
Catalyst Cloud has three data centres regions in New Zealand, enabling customers to minimise risk and increase business resiliency through the use of these geographically diverse regions.
Can wearable tech predict COVID-19 and reveal how pandemics affect us?
Posted on 20-Nov-2020 15:15 News, Health
University of Sydney researchers have joined an international US-led effort to discover if data from wearable tech like smartwatches and activity trackers could provide an early indication of COVID-19, as well as examine how pandemics change our lives.
Vodafone NZ to roll out Amazon Connect in contact centres
Posted on 19-Nov-2020 09:33 News, Broadband
Vodafone NZ is the first telecommunications provider in New Zealand to team up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement Amazon Connect, an omnichannel cloud contact centre, to provide a personalised and enhanced customer experience.
LG OLED TV and Xbox Series X partnership
Posted on 18-Nov-2020 21:40 News, Consumer Electronics
LG Electronics (LG) and Xbox have entered into an exclusive marketing partnership to highlight the gaming experience of the widely-anticipated Xbox Series X console and LG OLED TV in key markets across Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Dropbox goes all in on remote work with new features and tools for distributed teams
Posted on 18-Nov-2020 15:57 News, SaaS
The sudden move to distributed work has introduced a unique set of challenges for teams and Dropbox address these challenges and more with Dropbox Spaces 2.0, several new workflow features, and new enterprise security features and certifications.
NVIDIA announces A100 80GB GPU for AI supercomputing
Posted on 17-Nov-2020 08:31 News, Computing
The latest innovation powering the NVIDIA HGX AI supercomputing platform comes with twice the memory of its predecessor, providing researchers and engineers unprecedented speed and performance to unlock the next wave of AI and scientific breakthroughs.
NVIDIA DGX Station A100 offers researchers AI data Centre-in-a-box
Posted on 17-Nov-2020 08:26 News, Computing
The second generation of the AI system, DGX Station A100 accelerates demanding machine learning and data science workloads for teams working in corporate offices, research facilities, labs or home offices everywhere.
